Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story So much recent history comes rushing to mind when an Obama, husband or wife, shows up at a Democratic Convention. Most of us first heard of Barack when, as a young…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story This past week, the Presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris played out online, side by side, as if in split screen. Last Monday, after a delay of more than…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Watch “Fratelli Carbonai.” It’s a rainy, dark December morning in the mountains of Calabria, southern Italy, and Nazareno Scrivo has arrived for work. He’s stressed. “Bad weather for making charcoal,” he…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Being a parent raises so many urgent, concrete questions—Will this movie cause nightmares? Is this enough sunscreen? Where are the Cheez-Its?—that the abstract ones often slip beneath the surface, only to…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For years, Joe Biden has told fellow-politicians, with rueful wisdom, “You’re either on the way up or you’re on the way down.” But after making the rarest choice in politics, he…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Gena Rowlands, who died last Wednesday, at the age of ninety-four, is, of all the actresses I’ve ever seen onscreen, the greatest artist. She’s the one whose performances offer the most…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The past several weeks have been a political roller coaster. Former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt, named J. D. Vance as his running mate, and staged a triumphant Republican…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. Nearly a decade ago, the chef Harold Dieterle…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story This week, Taylor Swift fans from around the world gathered anxiously in London to witness the end of an era—or at least the end of the European leg of the Eras…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On a daily basis, I teach kids. By kids, I mean teens to college-age, sometimes mid-twenties. When I started teaching, I was still a kid myself, so I was careful to…
